The 2015 discovery of mass graves in Thailand’s Sadao district, on the border with Malaysia, led to a crack-down on people smugglers by the Thai and Malaysian authorities. Thousands of Rohingya (as well as Bangladeshi migrants) were left stranded in the Andaman Sea as smugglers abandoned their human cargo. Initially pushed back by the Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian navies, it was only after Indonesian fishermen rescued three boats that approximately 1,800 people were permitted to disembark in Indonesia’s Aceh province. The crisis in the Andaman Sea brought into sharp relief the fact that the South East Asia region lacks even the most basic regional protection (or cooperation) framework. While some states are still reticent, there have been attempts to improve government collaboration as demonstrated recently in the March 2016 Bali Declaration on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons, and Related Transnational Crime. This paper examines, however, how the ad hoc approach by Indonesia’s regions, in particular Aceh, to the treatment of the Rohingya who arrived in Aceh in May 2015, works against a comprehensive, national, rights-based approach to protect those seeking asylum in Indonesia. The paper explores the reasons why Aceh chose not to engage with the established practices for the treatment of asylum seekers in Indonesia and the human rights impacts this has had on those rescued. It concludes that the current situation in Aceh is not sustainable. The treatment of refugees in Aceh should be included in a broader national approach, commensurate with the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers throughout Indonesia, particularly if Indonesia is to develop a structured, rights-based approach to those seeking protection. This would then play a significant role in any future regional protection framework.

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2015年5月的船危机：亚齐省的罗兴亚人

2015年在与马来西亚接壤的泰国沙道地区发现了万人坑，导致泰国和马来西亚当局对走私者进行镇压。由于走私者抛弃了他们的货物，数千名罗兴亚人（以及孟加拉国移民）被困在安达曼海。最初是由泰国，马来西亚和印尼海军推倒的，直到印尼渔民救出三艘船之后，才允许大约1800人在印尼亚齐省下船。安达曼海的危机使东南亚地区甚至缺乏最基本的区域保护（或合作）框架这一事实也大为缓解。虽然有些州还是不说话，最近在2016年3月的《关于人口贩运，贩运人口及相关跨国犯罪的巴厘岛宣言》中已证明了改善政府合作的尝试。但是，本文研究了印度尼西亚各地区，特别是亚齐省对2015年5月抵达亚齐省的罗兴亚人的待遇所采取的临时方法，如何与保护国家寻求庇护者的全面，基于国家权利的方法背道而驰。印度尼西亚。本文探讨了亚齐选择不参与印度尼西亚寻求庇护者待遇的既定做法的原因，以及这对被救助者的人权影响。结论是亚齐目前的局势是不可持续的。在亚齐对难民的待遇应纳入更广泛的国家方针中，与整个印度尼西亚的难民和寻求庇护者的待遇相称，特别是如果印度尼西亚要为寻求保护的人制定一种结构化的，基于权利的方法。这样，它将在未来的任何区域保护框架中发挥重要作用。